Garda boss: We must check for addiction within the force

Assistant Commissioner Michael Finn said "international best practice” would recommend having “controls in place to be able to monitor the behaviour of our people in the Garda Síochána”. File picture

It would be naive to think that young people who join An Garda Síochána are any different from the general public when it comes to addiction or corruption, according to Assistant Commissioner Michael Finn.

It comes after it was announced last week that random mandatory drug testing for all An Garda Síochána members is to be introduced within six months.